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Waverly, Tennessee

Waverly is a city in and the county seat of Humphreys County, Tennessee, United States.[6] The population was 4,297 at the 2020 census.[7]

Waverly, Tennessee

United States

1838[1]

8.71 sq mi (22.57 km2)

8.71 sq mi (22.57 km2)

0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)

535 ft (163 m)

4,297

493.11/sq mi (190.40/km2)

UTC-5 (CDT)

37185

47-78560[4]

1273950[5]

Geography[edit]

Waverly is located at 36°5′9″N 87°47′13″W / 36.08583°N 87.78694°W / 36.08583; -87.78694 (36.085847, −87.786917).[13] The city is situated in the Trace Creek Valley, just over 10 miles (16 km) east of the creek's confluence with the Kentucky Lake impoundment of the Tennessee River. The low ridges that "wall in" Waverly to the north and south represent the fringe of the western section of the Highland Rim.


Waverly is centered on the junction of U.S. Route 70, which connects the city to Nashville to the east and Memphis to the west, and State Route 13, which connects the city to Hurricane Mills and Interstate 40 to the south and the rural areas around Erin to the north.


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.1 square miles (21 km2), all of it land.

author

Deborah Adams

psychiatrist and professor

Murray Bowen

Susan Goodman, 1983 [17]

Mrs. America

country music singer

George Morgan

singer, musician, and songwriter.

Daryl Mosley

Yasmine S. Ali, MD (2023). WALK THROUGH FIRE: The Train Disaster that Changed America. . ISBN 978-0-8065-4218-8.

Citadel Press

City of Waverly official website

Humphreys County Chamber of Commerce